Capo:

I

Harp:

A

[or

Bb

with capo] (cross)

E

Well, they'll stone you when you're trying to be so good

E

They'll stone you just like they said they would

A

They'll stone you when you're tryin' to go home

E

Then they'll stone you when you're there all alone

B

But I would not feel so all alone

E

Everybody must get stoned Well, they'll stone you when you're walkin' 'long the street They'll stone you when you're tryin' to keep your seat They'll stone you when you're walkin' on the floor They'll stone you when you're walkin' to the door But I would not feel so all alone Everybody must get stoned They'll stone you when you're at the breakfast table They'll stone you when you are young and able They'll stone you when you're tryin' to make a buck They'll stone you and then they'll say, "good luck" Tell you what, I would not feel so all alone Everybody must get stoned Well, they'll stone you and say that it's the end Then they'll stone you and then they'll come back again They'll stone you when you're riding in your car They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar Yes, but I would not feel so all alone Everybody must get stoned Well, they'll stone you when you walk all alone They'll stone you when you are walking home They'll stone you and then say you are brave They'll stone you when you are set down in your grave But I would not feel so all alone Everybody must get stoned

A

Well, early in the mornin', 'til late at night

D

Dm

I got a poison headache, but I feel all right

A

E

I'm pledging my time to you

A

D

A

E

Hopin' you'll come through, too Well, the hobo jumped up, he came down naturally After he stole my baby, then he wanted to steal me But I'm pledging my time to you Hopin' you'll come through, too Won't you come with me, baby? I'll take you where you wanna go And if it don't work out, you'll be the first to know I'm pledging my time to you Hopin' you'll come through, too Well, the room is so stuffy, I can hardly breathe Everybody's gone but me and you, and I can't be the last to leave I'm pledging my time to you Hopin' you'll come through, too Well, they sent for the ambulance, and one was sent Somebody got lucky, But it was an accident Now I'm pledging my time to you Hoping you'll come through, too

Capo:

II

Harp:

C

[or

D

with capo] (cross)

G

C

D

G

C/g

G

Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?

G

C

D

G

We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it

D

G

C/g

G

And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it

C

G

Lights flicker from the opposite loft

C

G

In this room the heat pipes just cough

C

G

D

The country music station plays soft, but there's nothing, really nothing to turn off

G

C

D

G

Just Louise and her lover so entwined

C

G/b

D

G

And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind In the empty lot where the ladies play blind man's bluff with the key chain And the all-night girls, they whisper of escapades out on the D-train We can hear the night watchman click his flash-light Ask himself if it's him or them that's really insane Louise, she's all right, she's just near She's delicate and seems like the mirror But she just makes it all too concise and too clear that Johanna's not here The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously And when bringing her name up, he speaks of a farewell kiss to me He's sure got a lotta gall To be so useless and all Muttering small talk at the wall while I'm in the hall How can I explain? Oh, it's so hard to get on And these visions of Johanna, they kept me up past the dawn Inside the museums infinity goes up on trial Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while But Mona Lisa must've had the highway blues, you can tell by the way she smiles See the primitive wallflower freeze When the jelly-faced women all sneeze Hear the one with the moustache say, "Jeez! I can't find my knees" Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him Sayin', "Name me someone that's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him" But like Louise always says, "You can't look at much, can you man?" As she herself prepares for him And Madonna, she still has not showed We see this empty cage now corrode Where her cape of the stage once had flowed The fiddler, he now steps to the road He writes, "Everything's been returned which was owed" On the back of the fish truck that loads while my conscience explodes The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain

... And these visions of Madonna have kept me up past the dawn ... And these visions of Madonna are now all that remain

Capo:

V

Harp:

C

[or

F

with capo] (straight)

| . . | . . | . . | . . |

C

F

C

F

C

I didn't mean to treat you so bad

F

C

Gsus4

G

You shouldn't take it so personal

C

F

C

F

C

I didn't mean to make you so sad

F

C

G

Gsus4

G

You just happened to be there, that's all

Am

Em

When I saw you say "goodbye" to your friend and smile

Dm

C

I thought that it was well understood

Am

Em

That you'd be comin' back in a little while

Dm

F

F

G

I didn't know that you were sayin' "goodbye" for good...

C

G

F

C

But, sooner or later, one of us must know

F

C

G

That you just did what you're supposed to do

C

G

F

C

Sooner or later, one of us must know

F

C

G

That I really did try to get close to you I couldn't see what you could show me Your scarf had kept your mouth well hid I couldn't see how you could know me But you said you knew me and I believed you did When you whispered in my ear And asked me if I was leavin' with you or her I didn't realize just what I did hear I didn't realize how young you were But, sooner or later, one of us must know That you just did what you're supposed to do Sooner or later, one of us must know That I really did try to get close to you I couldn't see when it started snowin' Your voice was all that I heard I couldn't see where we were goin' But you said you knew and I took your word And then you told me later, as I apologized That you were just kiddin' me, you weren't really from the farm And I told you, as you clawed out my eyes That I never really meant to do you any harm But, sooner or later, one of us must know That you just did what you're supposed to do Sooner or later, one of us must know That I really did try to get close to you

Capo:

V

Harp:

C

[or

F

with capo] (straight)

C

The guilty undertaker sighs

Em

The lonesome organ grinder cries

Am

G

The silver saxophones say I should refuse you

F

The cracked bells and washed-out horns

G

Blow into my face with scorn

Am

G

But it's not that way, I wasn't born to lose you

C

Em

I want you, I want you

Am

G

I want you so bad

C

Honey, I want you The drunken politician leaps Upon the street where mothers weep And the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for you And I wait for them to interrupt Me drinkin' from my broken cup And ask me to open up the gate for you I want you, I want you I want you so bad Honey, I want you

Em

Now all my fathers, they've gone down

Am

True love they've been without it

Em

But all their daughters put me down

F

G

'Cause I don't think about it Well, I return to the Queen of Spades And talk with my chamber-maid She knows that I'm not afraid to look at her She is good to me And there's nothing she doesn't see She knows where I'd like to be, but it doesn't matter I want you, I want you I want you so bad Honey, I want you Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit He spoke to me, I took his flute No, I wasn't very cute to him, was I? But I did it, though, because he lied Because he took you for a ride And because time was on his side, and because I... I want you, I want you I want you so bad Honey, I want you

Capo:

IV

Harp:

F

[or

A

with capo] (cross)

[Show chord shapes]

G11 3x3211

| |

C

Am

C

Am

Oh, the ragman draws circles, up and down the block

C

Am

F

G

I'd ask him what the matter was, but I know that he don't talk

F

C

Am

C

And the ladies treat me kindly, and furnish me with tape

Am

C

F

C

But deep inside my heart I know I can't escape

Em

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end?

C

G

F

C

G11

C

To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley, with his pointed shoes and his bells Speaking to some French girl, who says she knows me well And I would send a message to find out if she's talked But the post office has been stolen and the mailbox is locked Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again Mona tried to tell me to stay away from the train line She said that all the railroad men just drink up your blood like wine And I said, "Oh, I didn't know that, but then again, there's only one I've met And he just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarette" Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again Grandpa died last week and now he's buried in the rocks But everybody still talks about how badly they were shocked But me, I expected it to happen, I knew he'd lost control When he built a fire on Main Street and shot it full of holes Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again Now the senator came down here showing everyone his gun Handing out free tickets to the wedding of his son And me, I nearly got busted, and wouldn't it be my luck To get caught without a ticket and be discovered beneath a truck Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again Now the preacher looked so baffled when I asked him why he dressed With twenty pounds of headlines stapled to his chest But he cursed me when I proved it to him, then I whispered, "Not even you can hide You see, you're just like me, I hope you're satisfied" Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again Now the rainman gave me two cures, then he said, "Jump right in" The one was Texas medicine, the other was just railroad gin And like a fool I mixed them and it strangled up my mind And now people just get uglier and I have no sense of time Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again When Ruthie says come see her in her honky-tonk lagoon Where I can watch her waltz for free beneath her Panamanian moon And I say, "Aw come on now, you must know about my debutante" And she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want" Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again Now the bricks lay on Grand Street where the neon madmen climb They all fall there so perfectly, it all seems so well-timed And here I sit so patiently waiting to find out what price You have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again

Oh, the ragman just stumbles and walks around the block I'm stuck inside of Mobile with the Nashville blues again Oh, the ragman is late, he around the block I'd ask him what was wrong, but I know he doesn't talk And neither him nor the rainman can help me to escape But neither him nor the ragman can help me to escape Oh, mama, I just need a friend... Shakespeare, he's in the alley, with his tambourine and his bells And he just smoked my eyeballs and punched my cigarette"

A

D

A

Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pillbox hat

D

A

Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pillbox hat

E

Well, you must tell me, baby

A

How your head feels under somethin' like that

E7

Under your brand new leopard-skin pillbox hat Well, you look so pretty in it, honey, can I jump on it sometime? Yes, I just wanna see if it's really the expensive kind You know it balances on your head Just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine Your brand new leopard-skin pillbox hat Well, if you wanna see the sun rise, honey, I know where We'll go out and see it sometime, we'll both just sit there and stare Me with my belt wrapped around my head And you just sittin' there In your brand new leopard-skin pillbox hat Well, I asked the doctor if I could see you, "It's bad for your health," he said Yes, I disobeyed his orders, I came to see you but I found him there instead You know, I don't mind him cheatin' on me But I sure wish he'd take that off his head Your brand new leopard-skin pillbox hat Well, I see you got a new boyfriend, you know, I never seen him before Well, I saw you making love with him, you forgot to close the garage door You might think he loves you for your money But I know what he really loves you for It's your brand new leopard-skin pillbox hat

Tuning: CADGBE (Drop C)

Capo:

IV

Harp:

C

[or

E

with capo] (straight)

C

F

G7

C

Csus4

Nobody feels any pain

C

F

G7

C

Tonight as I stand inside the rain

F

G7

F

G7

Everybody knows that baby's got new clothes

F

Em/b

Dm

C

F

G7

But lately I see her ribbons and her bows

Am

F

G7

Have fallen from her curls

C

Em/b

Dm

F

She takes just like a woman, yes she does

C

Em/b

Dm

F

She makes love like a woman, yes she does

C

Em/b

Dm

F

And then she aches just like a woman

G7

C

Csus4

C

Csus4

C

But she breaks just like a little girl Queen Mary, she's my friend Yes, I believe I'll go see her again Nobody has to guess that baby can't be blessed Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest With her fog, with her amphetamine and her pearls She takes just like a woman And she makes love like a woman And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl

E

It was raining from the first And I was dying there of thirst

C

Csus4

C

So I came in here

E

And your long-time curse hurts But what's worse

F

Is this pain in here

G7

I can't stay in here Ain't it clear that I just don't fit Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit And when we meet again, introduced as friends Please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry and it was your world You take just like a woman And you take just like a woman, yes you do And you make love like a woman, yes you do And then you ache just like a woman But you break just like a little girl

C

. . .

Em

.

Dm

G

F

. . . : . . .

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C

. . .

Em

.

Dm

G

F

. : . : . . .

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C

. .

Csus4

: . . .

C

. . . : . .

Csus4

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|-0-----------0---|-----0-----------|---------0-------|-------------0---|

|-3p2---------2h3-|-----3-------3---|-0h2-----2-------|-2---2-------2h3-|

|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|

|-----0---0-------|-0-------0-------|-0---0-------0---|---------0-------|

: . . .

C

. . . : . . .

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|-----------------|-------0---------|-----------------|

|-----3-------3---|-2-----2-----2---|-----2-----------|

|-----------------|-3---3-------3---|-----3-----------|

|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|

Capo:

IV

Harp:

C

[or

E

with capo] (straight)

Basically the same as the album version, but with a different intro

variations in the chorus (lyrics and chords).

G

D

C

G7

C

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|-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-|-1-------|

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C

F

G7

C

Csus4

Nobody feels any pain

C

F

G7

C

Tonight as I stand inside the rain

F

G7

F

G7

Everybody knows that baby's got new clothes

F

Em/b

Dm

C

F

G7

But lately I see her ribbons and her bows

Am

F

G7

Have fallen from her curls

C

C

G

F

She takes just like a woman, yes she does

C

C

G

F

And she wakes just like a woman, yes she does

C

C

G

F

And she bakes just like a woman

Dm

G

C

F

C

F

But she breaks just like a little girl Queen Mary, she's my friend Yes, I believe I'll go see her again Nobody has to guess that baby can't be blessed Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest With her fog, with her amphetamine and her pearls She takes just like a woman And she bakes love like a woman And she wakes just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl

E

It was raining from the first And I was dying there of thirst

C

Csus4

C

So I came in here

E

And your long-time curse hurts But what's worse

F

Is this pain in here

G7

I can't stay in here Ain't it clear that I just don't fit Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit And when we meet again, introduced as friends Please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry and it was your world You fake just like a woman And you ache just like a woman And you ache like a woman But you break just like a little girl

G

C

Am*

G

C/g

G

Nobody feels any pain

G

C

Am*

G

C/g

G

Tonight as I stand inside the rain

C

/b

Am

C

/b

Am

Everybody knows that baby's got new clothes

C

/b

Am

G

C

/b

D

But lately I see her ribbons and her bows

Em

C

/b

D

Have fallen from her curls

G

D

C

She takes just like a woman

G

D

C

And she aches just like a woman

G

D

C

And she wakes just like a woman

Am

G

Yeah, but she breaks just like a little girl

B7

It was raining from the first And I was dying there of thirst

Em

B7

Em

So I came in here

B7

And your long-time curse hurts But what's worse

C

Is this pain in here

Am

I can't stay in here

C

Am

Ain't it clear

Am

You say you love me and you're thinkin' of me

G7#9

But you know you could be wrong

Am

You say you told me that you wanna hold me

G7#9

But you know you're not that strong

Bm

I just can't do what I done before

Am

I just can't beg you any more

G

I'm gonna let you pass

D7

And I'll go last

G

Bm/f#

C/e

G

Then time will tell just who has fell

Am/c

D7

And who's been left behind

G7#9

When you go your way and I go mine You say you disturb me and you don't deserve me But you know sometimes you lie You say you're shakin' and you're always achin' But you know how hard you try Sometimes it gets so hard to care It can't be this way everywhere And I'm gonna let you pass Yes, and I'll go last Then time will tell just who has fell And who's been left behind When you go your way and I go mine

Em

The judge, he holds a grudge

D

He's gonna call on you

Em

But he's badly built and he walks on stilts

D7

D7sus4

Watch out he don't fall on you You say you're sorry for tellin' stories That you know I believe are true You say you got some other kinda lover And yes, I believe you do You say my kisses are not like his But this time I'm not gonna tell you why that is I'm just gonna let you pass Yes, and I'll go last Then time will tell who has fell And who's been left behind When you go your way and I go mine

Sometimes it gets so hard to please You've got me this time on my knees

G

Standing on your window, honey

C

D

G

Yes, I've been here before

G

Feeling so harmless

C

D

G

I'm looking at your second door

D

G

How come you don't send me no regards?

G

D7

You know I want your lovin'

G

Honey, why are you so hard? : . . . : . . .

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|-2----------------------|-------------------------|

|-3----------------------|-------------------------|

Kneeling 'neath your ceiling Yes, I guess I'll be here for a while I'm tryin' to read your portrait, but I'm helpless, like a rich man's child How come you send someone out to have me barred? You know I want your lovin' Honey, why are you so hard?

Em

Like a poor fool in his prime

Bm

Yes, I know you can hear me walk

Em

But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime

Bm

D7

D7sus4

Or is it just solid rock? Well, I rush into your hallway Lean against your velvet door I watch upon your scorpion Who crawls across your circus floor Just what do you think you have to guard? You know I want your lovin' Honey, but you're so hard Achilles is in your alleyway He don't want me here, he does brag He's pointing to the sky And he's hungry, like a man in drag How come you get someone like him to be your guard? You know I want your lovin' Honey, but you're so hard

D

G

A

D

Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it

G

D

A

Sometimes it gets so hard, you see

D

G

A

D

Bm

I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet

F#m

D

A

With all these promises you left for me

G

A

D

But where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I waited for you when I was half sick Yes, I waited for you when you hated me Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic When you knew I had some other place to be Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Bb

D

Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously

Bb

But then, now again

D

A

Not too many can be like you, fortunately Well, six white horses that you did promise Were finally delivered down to the penitentiary But to live outside the law, you must be honest I know you always say that you agree But where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I don't know how it happened But the riverboat captain, he knows my fate But everybody else, even yourself They're just gonna have to wait Well, I got the fever down in my pockets The Persian drunkard, he follows me Yes, I can take him to your house but I can't unlock it You see, you forgot to leave me with the key Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed That a man can't give his address out to bad company And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad In the ruins of your balcony Wondering where you are tonight, sweet Marie

Tuning: CADGBE (Drop C)

Capo:

IV

Harp:

C

[or

E

with capo] (straight)

C

. .

F

. .

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|---5---5-----|---6---6-----|

|-5-----------|-5-----------|

|-------------|-------------|

|-------------|-------------|

|-------------|-------------|

C

F

C

When she said, "Don't waste

F

C

Your words, they're just lies"

F

C

F

C

F

I cried she was deaf

C

F

C

And she worked on my face

F

C

Until breaking my eyes

F

C

F

C

F

Then said, "What else you got left?"

Em

It was then that I got up to leave

Dm

But she said, "Don't forget

C

F

C

Everybody must give something back

F

C

F

C

F

For something they get" I stood there and hummed I tapped on her drum And asked her how come And she buttoned her boot And straightened her suit Then she said, "Don't get cute" So I forced my hands in my pockets And felt with my thumbs And gallantly handed her My very last piece of gum She threw me outside I stood in the dirt Where everyone walked And after finding out I'd Forgotten my shirt I went back and knocked I waited in the hallway, she went to get it And I tried to make sense Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair That leaned up against Her Jamaican rum And when she did come I asked her for some She said, "No, dear" I said, "Your words aren't clear You'd better spit out your gum" She screamed till her face got so red Then she fell on the floor And I covered her up and then Thought I'd go look through her drawer And when I was through I filled up my shoe And brought it to you And you, you took me in You loved me then You didn't waste time And I, I never took much I never asked for your crutch Now don't ask for mine

A

Early in the mornin', early in the mornin'

D

I'm callin' you to, I'm callin' you to

A

Please come home

E

Yes, I could make it without you

D

A

If I just didn't feel so all alone Don't let me down, don't let me down I won't let you down, I won't let you down No I won't You know I can if you can, honey But, honey, please don't I got my black dog barkin', black dog barkin' Yes it is now, yes it is now Outside my yard Yes, I could tell you what he means If I just didn't have to try so hard Your mama's workin', your mama's moanin' She's cryin' you know, she's tryin' you know You better go now Well, I'd tell you what she wants But I just don't know how Fifteen jugglers, fifteen jugglers Five believers, five believers All dressed like men Tell your mama not to worry because They're just my friends Early in the mornin', early in the mornin' I'm callin' you to, I'm callin' you to Please come home Yes, I could make it without you If I just did not feel so all alone

Tuning: CADGBE (Drop C)

Capo:

II

Harp:

C

[or

D

with capo] (straight)

C

.

G/b

.

F/a

.

G11

G

.

C/e

: .

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C

G/b

F/a

G7

With your mercury mouth in the missionary times

C

G/b

F/a

G7

And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes

F

C/e

Dm

G7

C

And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes

C

Dm

G7sus4

G7

G7sus2

G7

Oh, who do they think could bury you? With your pockets well protected at last And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass Who could they get to carry you?

Dm

C

G

Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands

Dm

C

G7

Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes

C

G/b

F/a

C/g

F

C/e

G7

My warehouse eyes my Arabian drums

Dm

G7sus4

G7

G7sus2

G7

Should I put them by your gate

Dm

C

Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace And your basement clothes and your hollow face Who among them can think he could outguess you? With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns Who among them would try to impress you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands ... The kings of Tyrus with their convict list Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss And you wouldn't know it would happen like this But who among them really wants just to kiss you? With your childhood flames on your midnight rug And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs Who among them do you think could resist you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands ... Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide To show you where the dead angels are that they used to hide But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side? Oh, how could they ever mistake you? They wished you'd accepted the blame for the farm But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms How could they ever, ever persuade you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands ... With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row And your magazine husband who one day just had to go And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show Who among them do you think would employ you? Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole With your holy medallion which your fingertips fold And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul Oh, who among them do you think could destroy you Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands ...